Spitfire Pilot
Book Details
Author(s)David Crook
PublisherEndeavour Press
ISBN / ASINB01F8W02J8
ISBN-13978B01F8W02J3
Sales Rank574,782
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
“Even in the heat of the moment I well remember my amazement at the shattering effect of my fire. Pieces flew off his fuselage and cockpit covering, a stream of smoke appeared from the engine, and a moment later a great sheet of flame licked out from the engine cowling and he dived down vertically. The flames enveloped the whole machine and he went straight down, apparently quite slowly, for about five thousand feet, till he was just a shapeless burning mass of wreckage.”
Whilst the approaching clouds of WWII darkened the skies, David Crook was spending his weekends and his evenings, after work, training with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and planning his marriage. Fearing the advancing pace of the next World War, he and his fiancée quickly eloped and, whilst on their honeymoon, they received the call: Crook was needed. War had started.
We learn of the tentative, naïve steps that he and his squadron took upon the battlefield. Heavy losses hit them immediately over Dunkirk as their fledging team found themselves pitted against a fleet of trained, cunning and organised German pilots, buzzing through the air like locusts.
Baptised in fire, Crook would later become a highly decorated fighter pilot, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valour and skill in protecting Britain from German invasion and onslaught; for protecting the sovereignty of his nation.
These intimate, first-hand accounts of D.F.C Flight Lieutenant D. M. Crook not only detail the triumphs and disasters he faced but the life of a pilot on the frontline: How to operate the erratic machines of war, spinning and diving 6000ft in the air; the tense time between battles where the adrenaline sinks, the losses are counted, and all that’s left to do is wait and pray that the next flight won’t be your last.
A lucid, detailed and revealing autobiography, Crook’s writing serves to illuminate the facts of the war, as well as the bravery of those who fought in it.
David Moore Crook DFC (24 November 1914 – 18 December 1944) was born in Huddersfield, England. After attending Cambridge University, he was mobilised as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on the outbreak of World War II. Crook was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions during the Battle of Britain. On 18 December 1944 during reconaissance, Crook was seen to dive into the sea near Aberdeen. He was officially listed as Missing in action.
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Whilst the approaching clouds of WWII darkened the skies, David Crook was spending his weekends and his evenings, after work, training with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and planning his marriage. Fearing the advancing pace of the next World War, he and his fiancée quickly eloped and, whilst on their honeymoon, they received the call: Crook was needed. War had started.
We learn of the tentative, naïve steps that he and his squadron took upon the battlefield. Heavy losses hit them immediately over Dunkirk as their fledging team found themselves pitted against a fleet of trained, cunning and organised German pilots, buzzing through the air like locusts.
Baptised in fire, Crook would later become a highly decorated fighter pilot, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valour and skill in protecting Britain from German invasion and onslaught; for protecting the sovereignty of his nation.
These intimate, first-hand accounts of D.F.C Flight Lieutenant D. M. Crook not only detail the triumphs and disasters he faced but the life of a pilot on the frontline: How to operate the erratic machines of war, spinning and diving 6000ft in the air; the tense time between battles where the adrenaline sinks, the losses are counted, and all that’s left to do is wait and pray that the next flight won’t be your last.
A lucid, detailed and revealing autobiography, Crook’s writing serves to illuminate the facts of the war, as well as the bravery of those who fought in it.
David Moore Crook DFC (24 November 1914 – 18 December 1944) was born in Huddersfield, England. After attending Cambridge University, he was mobilised as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on the outbreak of World War II. Crook was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions during the Battle of Britain. On 18 December 1944 during reconaissance, Crook was seen to dive into the sea near Aberdeen. He was officially listed as Missing in action.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
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